Centre Street (Calgary)

Centre Street (Calgary)

Centre Street is a major road in Calgary, Alberta.

The northern part (Centre Street North) extends from the Bow River to Bergen Road/Beddington Drive, after which it becomes a local arterial street before it becomes unavailable to private vehicular traffic north of Bergen Crescent (the road continues, but it is only accessible to Calgary Transit and emergency vehicles). The road resumes immediately north of the "bus trap" at Beddington Trail, where it continues under the name Harvest Hills Boulevard. When the boulevard crosses Stoney Trail, the name reverts to Centre Street and the road continues north and exits the city limits. Centre Street North runs through the communities of Crescent Heights, Tuxedo Park, Highland Park, Thorncliffe, Huntington Hills and Beddington Heights. The portion north of Stoney Trail passes through an undeveloped section of the city.

The southern portion, designated Centre Street South, begins at the Bow River and continues south though Chinatown, Calgary and Downtown Calgary before ending at 9th Avenue S., at the foot of the Calgary Tower. Several non-contiguous sections of Centre Street appear sporadically south of this point, including between 10 Avenue S. and 18 Avenue S., a section of road that is also known as Volunteer Way; and as a commercial/industrial business road running south of 58 Avenue S. to Glenmore Trail, where it continues to the south as Fairmount Drive. In most of the southern part of Calgary, Macleod Trail forms the central line.

Centre Street (along with Harvest Hills Boulevard in the north and Macleod Trail in the south), defines the east and west halves of the city for the purposes of street addresses (i.e. NW, SW, NE, SE).

In the downtown section, Centre Street is lined by some of Calgary's landmark buildings, such as the Suncor Energy Centre (formerly Petro-Canada Centre), the Dragon City Mall, Telus building, Hyatt Regncy hotel and Calgary Tower. The Encana Bow tower is being built along Centre Street.